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Naming The Witch
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Author : James T. Siegel
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2006
Naming The Witch written by James T. Siegel and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
Naming the Witch explores the recent series of witchcraft accusations and killings in East Java, which spread as the Suharto regime slipped into crisis and then fell. After many years of ethnographic work focusing on the origins and nature of violence in Indonesia, Siegel came to the conclusion that previous anthropological explanations of witchcraft and magic, mostly based on sociological conceptions but also including the work of E.E. Evans-Pritchard and Claude Lévi-Strauss, were simply inadequate to the task of providing a full understanding of the phenomena associated with sorcery, and particularly with the ideas of power connected with it. Previous explanations have tended to see witchcraft in simple opposition to modernism and modernity (enchantment vs. disenchantment). The author sees witchcraft as an effect of culture, when the latter is incapable of dealing with accident, death, and the fear of the disintegration of social and political relations. He shows how and why modernization and witchcraft can often be companions, as people strive to name what has hitherto been unnameable.
Naming The Witch
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Author : Kimberly B. Stratton
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-03
Naming The Witch written by Kimberly B. Stratton and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with Religion categories.
Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton moves beyond the popular view of these accusations as mere slander. In her view, representations and accusations of sorcery mirror the complex struggle of ancient societies to define authority, legitimacy, and Otherness. Stratton argues that the concept "magic" first emerged as a discourse in ancient Athens where it operated part and parcel of the struggle to define Greek identity in opposition to the uncivilized "barbarian" following the Persian Wars. The idea of magic then spread throughout the Hellenized world and Rome, reflecting and adapting to political forces, values, and social concerns in each society. Stratton considers the portrayal of witches and magicians in the literature of four related periods and cultures: classical Athens, early imperial Rome, pre-Constantine Christianity, and rabbinic Judaism. She compares patterns in their representations of magic and analyzes the relationship between these stereotypes and the social factors that shaped them. Stratton's comparative approach illuminates the degree to which magic was (and still is) a cultural construct that depended upon and reflected particular social contexts. Unlike most previous studies of magic, which treated the classical world separately from antique Judaism, Naming the Witch highlights the degree to which these ancient cultures shared ideas about power and legitimate authority, even while constructing and deploying those ideas in different ways. The book also interrogates the common association of women with magic, denaturalizing the gendered stereotype in the process. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of discourse as well as the work of other contemporary theorists, such as Homi K. Bhabha and Bruce Lincoln, Stratton's bewitching study presents a more nuanced, ideologically sensitive approach to understanding the witch in Western history.
Naming The Witch
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Author : James T. Siegel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Naming The Witch
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Author : Kimberly B. Stratton
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-03
Naming The Witch written by Kimberly B. Stratton and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with Religion categories.
Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton moves beyond the popular view of these accusations as mere slander. In her view, representations and accusations of sorcery mirror the complex struggle of ancient societies to define authority, legitimacy, and Otherness. Stratton argues that the concept "magic" first emerged as a discourse in ancient Athens where it operated part and parcel of the struggle to define Greek identity in opposition to the uncivilized "barbarian" following the Persian Wars. The idea of magic then spread throughout the Hellenized world and Rome, reflecting and adapting to political forces, values, and social concerns in each society. Stratton considers the portrayal of witches and magicians in the literature of four related periods and cultures: classical Athens, early imperial Rome, pre-Constantine Christianity, and rabbinic Judaism. She compares patterns in their representations of magic and analyzes the relationship between these stereotypes and the social factors that shaped them. Stratton's comparative approach illuminates the degree to which magic was (and still is) a cultural construct that depended upon and reflected particular social contexts. Unlike most previous studies of magic, which treated the classical world separately from antique Judaism, Naming the Witch highlights the degree to which these ancient cultures shared ideas about power and legitimate authority, even while constructing and deploying those ideas in different ways. The book also interrogates the common association of women with magic, denaturalizing the gendered stereotype in the process. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of discourse as well as the work of other contemporary theorists, such as Homi K. Bhabha and Bruce Lincoln, Stratton's bewitching study presents a more nuanced, ideologically sensitive approach to understanding the witch in Western history.
Naming The Witch
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Author : Stratton, Kimberly B.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Naming The Witch written by Stratton, Kimberly B. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Jewish magic categories.
Naming The Witch
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Author : Kimberly Barlow Stratton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Even Witches Have Names
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Author : Kuykendall
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-06-27
Even Witches Have Names written by Kuykendall and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-27 with Religion categories.
Even Witches Have Names is a short fictional work based on facts. It tells the story of a Christian minister who was also a witch and the work that he and his wife did in building a bridge between witchcraft and Christianity. It tells the story of Gabriel Semingers life and work and in the process teaches the reader many of the rituals of witchcraft, or Wicca, as it is called today. This book is a good read and a good teaching aid as well.
The Complete Book Of Magical Names
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Author : Phoenix McFarland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Complete Book Of Magical Names written by Phoenix McFarland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Magic categories.
Are you in search of the perfect magical name for yourself, your child, your house, pets, or business? Do you need ideas for what to call your magical tools or coven? Look no further! With the help of this book, you can find or create a meaningful and powerful name to reflect the true essence of anyone, anyplace, or anything. The Complete Book of Magical Names is the only compilation of non-biblical names and their meanings in print. Written from a Wiccan perspective, this book lists nearly 5,000 names (with pronunciations) taken from modern and ancient sources: nature, mythology, history, fantasy, literature, magical places, and faraway lands. Names are indexed by the characteristics they invoke (from "abundance" to "wisdom") to make it easy for you to select a name that captures who you are-and who you hope to become. There is tremendous energy within names. Ancient people understood this and chose their names carefully. Discover how you, too, can protect, empower, and transform yourself by choosing the magical name that's meant for you.
Llewellyn S Complete Book Of Names
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Author : K. M. Sheard
language : en
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date : 2011
Llewellyn S Complete Book Of Names written by K. M. Sheard and has been published by Llewellyn Worldwide this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Family & Relationships categories.
Parents want the perfect name for their child. Among the baby books available today, none are tailored to the needs of witches, pagans, and other seekers.
The Witch
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Author : Ronald Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
The Witch written by Ronald Hutton and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with History categories.
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft